Written Answers Monday 14 January 2008

Scottish Executive

Access for Disabled People

Bill Kidd (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether new-build developments are required to include a quota of fully wheelchair-accessible homes.

Stewart Stevenson: There is no requirement in planning legislation or guidance to require such a quota. However, we are aware that, as examples, both City of Glasgow and City of Edinburgh Councils have prepared supplementary planning guidance which requires developers to demonstrate that developments are suitable or readily adaptable for mobility impaired residents.

Access for Disabled People

Bill Kidd (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the quota of fully wheelchair-accessible homes in new-build developments.

Stewart Stevenson: The Scottish Government has no plans to introduce such a quota.

  Scottish Planning Policy 3: Planning for Housing encourages more diverse, attractive, mixed residential communities, both in terms of tenure and land use. To create mixed communities, a range of housing types is needed, including homes for people with particular housing needs.

Agriculture

John Scott (Ayr) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to pursue a disease control levy on farmers.

Richard Lochhead: The Scottish Government has no immediate plans to pursue a disease control levy. There are wider discussions currently on-going at the European and UK levels on the wider responsibility and cost sharing agenda between government and industry and the Scottish Government will be discussing such issues with stakeholders in the New Year.

Air Services

David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what advice has been received from the European Commission about state aid rules relative to the Air Route Development Fund in airports (a) operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd and (b) throughout the rest of Scotland.

Stewart Stevenson: The full text of the European Commission’s (EC) guidelines on financing of airports and start-up aid to airlines departing from regional airports can be found at:  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/c_312/c_31220051209en00010014.pdf .

  In addition, the UK Government has put in place a protocol for UK route development funds in line with the EC guidelines. This provides the framework rules and principles governing the operation of such funds by devolved administrations for the start up of new air routes. This can be found at: http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/domestic/anationalprotocolforukrouted2873.

  The European Commission’s decision letter which indicated that it considered the protocol to be compatible with the EC Treaty can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/transports-2005/n303-05.pdf.

Animal Welfare

Cathy Jamieson (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that it is acceptable for calves to be exported to the continent for rearing in conditions which would not be allowed in Scotland under animal welfare legislation.

Richard Lochhead: The UK cannot place a unilateral ban on the export of calves as this would contravene free trade rules and would be illegal under EU law. We believe that we have suitable legislation in place to protect the welfare of animals during transport and many veal farms on the continent do operate systems which are compatible with UK law.

Animal Welfare

Cathy Jamieson (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers it acceptable for Scottish sheep to be exported for slaughter without prestunning.

Richard Lochhead: Although the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning does not take place in Scotland, it would be perfectly legal for this method to be used in Scottish slaughterhouses. The slaughter of sheep without pre-stunning for religious reasons is legal throughout the EU and to ban the export of sheep would contravene free trade rules and would be illegal under EU law.

Concessionary Travel

Jim Hume (South of Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost per year is of the older and disabled persons concessionary travel scheme, broken down by local authority area.

Stewart Stevenson: In its first full year Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People cost £154 million against a capped budget of £159 million in 2006-07. The ferry element of the Scheme cost £0.5 million in 2006-07.

  The cost of Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People is capped at £163 million in 2007-08. The budgeted cost of the ferry element of the scheme is £1.7 million in 2007-08.

  As the national scheme is managed centrally by Transport Scotland and because bus operators can and do cover a number of local authority areas it is not possible to provide a breakdown by local authority area.

Concessionary Travel

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the information provided to local authorities and other bodies that provide concessionary travel cards to ensure that people with learning disabilities who are entitled to the cards receive them and that they are fully aware of the 15 qualifying criteria under which someone may be eligible.

Stewart Stevenson: Guidance notes which are issued to local authorities are reviewed on a regular basis to provide as much information as possible to staff who deal with the validation of application forms for Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People.

  The guidance notes provide detailed information relating to all eligibility criteria and provide advice to local authority staff to ensure application forms are validated correctly. The guidance notes explain in detail the qualifying criteria for anyone with a learning disability and the NCT002 mental health certificate which is required to be completed, clearly states the qualifying criteria and who is authorised to validate the application.

  Local authorities are expected to ensure that their staff and agents are fully aware of all eligibility criteria and the supporting documentary evidence required.

Concessionary Travel

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that frontline staff in local authorities and other bodies that operate the concessionary travel scheme are properly trained to ensure that those who are entitled to the scheme under any of the qualifying criteria receive the card.

Stewart Stevenson: Staff within local authorities who have responsibility for concessionary travel have been issued with a copy of The National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (Eligible Persons and Eligible Services) (Scotland) Order 2006 which explains the operation of Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People.

  They have also been issued with guidance notes prepared by Transport Scotland which gives further information relating to eligibility criteria and documentary evidence which must be supplied to support an application on grounds of disability. The guidance notes also give information on how to validate the application to ensure the applicant receives the correctly branded National Entitlement Card.

  Transport Scotland staff have provided training to local authority staff on aspects of concessionary travel and have offered to provide further training if requested. Transport Scotland relies on local authority staff to ensure information is cascaded to all the appropriate staff within their public offices and third party agents which may be used.

Council Tax

James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has modelled the economic impact of the council tax freeze across different council tax band rates.

John Swinney: Yes. Scottish Government modelling shows that on average households in Scotland across all council tax bands will be better off with a council tax freeze.

Council Tax

Jamie Hepburn (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals or households are still liable for community charge arrears, showing the total amount of such arrears, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area in the Central Scotland parliamentary region.

John Swinney: Information relating to the number of individuals or households still liable for community charge is not held centrally. Information relating to the total amount of community charge outstanding for each local authority area partly or wholly in the Central Scotland parliamentary region is given below. (Such data are not held centrally for parliamentary constituencies).

  Community Charge Amounts Outstanding

  

 Council Area
Amount Outstanding (£000)


 East Ayrshire
 7,668


 East Dunbartonshire
 4,268


 Falkirk
 5,105


 North Lanarkshire
 25,314


 South Lanarkshire
 31,272



  Notes:

  Includes water charges.

  Amount outstanding at September 2007.

Dentistry

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS board areas are currently involved in the Childsmile Practice initiative.

Shona Robison: The Childsmile Practice initiative is currently operational in areas covered by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

  Representatives from NHS Highland met with the Childsmile Practice Programme Manager on 6 December 2007 to discuss introducing the Childsmile Programme in NHS Highland in early 2008.

  A Childsmile programme developed particularly for the needs of the population in NHS Grampian will be introduced in 2008 starting with a training programme for staff in the first half of 2008 and an incremental introduction of the comprehensive programme which will ultimately serve very young, nursery and school children.

Dentistry

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS board areas are currently involved in the Childsmile Nursery initiative.

Shona Robison: NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Tayside, NHS Lothian, NHS Borders and NHS Ayrshire and Arran are currently involved in the Childsmile Nursery initiative.

  A Childsmile programme developed particularly for the needs of the population in NHS Grampian will be introduced in 2008 starting with a training programme for staff in the first half of 2008 and an incremental introduction of the comprehensive programme which will ultimately serve very young, nursery and school children.

Dentistry

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS board areas are currently involved in the Childsmile School initiative.

Shona Robison: The Childsmile School initiative is currently operational in NHS Fife.

  A Childsmile programme developed particularly for the needs of the population in NHS Grampian will be introduced in 2008 starting with a training programme for staff in the first half of 2008 and an incremental introduction of the comprehensive programme which will ultimately serve very young, nursery and school children.

Dentistry

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to extend the Childsmile Practice initiative to the NHS Grampian area.

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to extend the Childsmile Nursery initiative to the NHS Grampian area.

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to extend the Childsmile School initiative to the NHS Grampian area.

Shona Robison: A Childsmile programme developed particularly for the needs of the population in NHS Grampian will be introduced in 2008, starting with a training programme for staff in the first half of 2008 and an incremental introduction of the comprehensive programme which will ultimately serve very young, nursery and school children.

Economy

James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it will report on its progress against its objective of achieving economic growth at UK levels by 2011.

John Swinney: How the Scottish Government will measure and report on progress towards the economic growth target is set out in a technical note published on the Scottish Government’s website, available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/30090722/2 .

Finance

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent in Scotland on fixed capital formation in each year since 1995, expressed in (a) real and (b) cash terms and what information it has on how this compares with expenditure in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland over the same period.

John Swinney: The amount of "fixed capital formation" by the Scottish Executive is published annually in notes 5 and 6 of the Consolidated Accounts. Expenditure on other fixed capital formation in Scotland is undertaken by a wide range of bodies including local authorities who will publish this information in their own annual accounts. This information is not collated by the Scottish Government and comparative data with England, Wales and Northern Ireland is not readily available.

  However, it may be of interest that HM Government published The National Asset Register in January 2007 which provides details of Total Fixed Asset Acquisitions and Disposals for the five year period 2000-05 by government department and includes Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as separate entities.

Fisheries

John Scott (Ayr) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many real time voluntary closures of fisheries have been initiated since the inception of the scheme; how long each closure was in place; how many times any commercial impact zone has had two or more closures, and what quantities of fish were discarded before any such closures were implemented.

Michael Russell: A pilot Real Time Closures scheme was introduced in Scotland on 1 September 2007. Fifty-four samples have been taken and to date there have been no closures as the level of juvenile cod on any monitored voyages has not reached the trigger point, though examples of behavioural change on the part of fishermen avoiding small cod have been noted. The trigger point was originally set at 60 juveniles per hour’s fishing effort and was subsequently reduced on 8 November 2007 to 50 juveniles per hour’s fishing effort. So far the scheme is voluntary and there is no obligation on vessels to report quantities of fish discarded prior to landing. We expect to expand the scheme in 2008.

Health

Margaret Curran (Glasgow Baillieston) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards have a category of exceptional case, enabling them to prescribe drugs outwith Scottish Medicines Consortium guidelines; how often this provision has been used, and whether it is governed by local or nationally determined guidelines, broken down by NHS board.

Shona Robison: NHS boards should have processes in place to determine their prescribing policy on medicines, including consideration of requests by clinicians to prescribe medicines not approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium. Each request should be considered on its individual merit. The department has not issued national guidance governing consideration of "exceptional case" medicines requests.

  Information is not collected centrally on clinical decisions regarding the treatment of individual patients. NHS medicines usage data collected centrally relate to the number and cost of medicines dispensed in the community and do not include data on medicines dispensed in hospital or hospital-based clinics. Prescription data collected centrally are not patient-specific and do not indicate the condition for which a particular medicine was prescribed.

Health

Margaret Curran (Glasgow Baillieston) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether drugs have ever been prescribed as an exceptional case by NHS Grampian.

Shona Robison: Information is not collected centrally on clinical decisions regarding the treatment of individual patients. NHS medicines usage data collected centrally relate to the number and cost of medicines dispensed in the community and do not include data on medicines dispensed in hospital or hospital-based clinics. Prescription data collected centrally are not patient-specific and do not indicate the condition for which a particular medicine was prescribed.

Local Government Finance

James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time equivalent staff will be required in 2008-09 for the reporting and monitoring of local authority grants that were previously ring-fenced.

John Swinney: The bureaucracy and central monitoring associated with the grants that are to be rolled up into the local government finance settlement with effect from 2008-09 will be removed completely. In its place, progress and achievements towards the national outcomes and commitments will be monitored in accordance with the reporting and oversight arrangements as set out in the concordat but it is not possible to quantify the total staff input at this time.

Local Government Finance

Aileen Campbell (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals or households are liable for community charge arrears, showing the total amount of such arrears, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area in the South of Scotland parliamentary region.

John Swinney: Information relating to the number of individuals or households still liable for community charge is not held centrally. Information relating to the total amount of community charge outstanding for each local authority area partly or wholly in the South of Scotland parliamentary region is given below. (Such data are not held centrally for parliamentary constituencies).

  Community Charge Amounts Outstanding

  

 Council Area
Amount Outstanding (£000)


 Dumfries and Galloway
 3,058


 East Ayrshire
 7,668


 East Lothian
 8,005


 Midlothian
 7,563


 North Ayrshire
 12,807


 Scottish Borders
 2,422


 South Ayrshire
 4,370


 South Lanarkshire
 31,272



  Notes:

  Includes water charges.

  Amount outstanding at September 2007.

Marine Environment

Alasdair Allan (Western Isles) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what differences there are in eligible forage areas in sea-girt holdings in the Western Isles compared with those in Orkney and Shetland.

Richard Lochhead: For a definition of both eligible forage areas and sea-girt land I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6695 on 29 November 2007. So far as we are aware there are no differences in the treatment of sea-girt land as between Western Isles and Orkney and Shetland for the purposes of consideration under the Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .

Non-Domestic Rates

Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses in the Cunninghame North parliamentary constituency will benefit from the recently announced reduction in business rates.

John Swinney: Information on small businesses in the form requested is not held centrally. However, information on the number and rateable value of non-domestic properties which may be eligible for relief under the Small Business Bonus scheme is available for the local authority area concerned on the Scottish Assessors Portal ( www.saa.gov.uk ). This information is shown as follows:

  

 Number of Properties by Local Authority Area
 Rateable Value of Property


 Up to £8,000
£8,001-£10,000
£10,001-£15,000
 Total up to £15,000


 North Ayrshire
 3,075
 257
 401
 3,733



  Notes:

  (i) The rateable value ranges shown in the table correspond to those on page 12 of the Scottish Budget: Spending Review 2007.

  (ii) The table shows the number of non-domestic properties with rateable values of up to £15,000 in all of the North Ayrshire local authority area.

  (iii) The number of eligible businesses will be lower than the number of non-domestic properties in each area, because some businesses have more than one property. This may affect eligibility for relief under the Small Business Bonus Scheme, which will depend on:

  the combined rateable value of all properties in Scotland properties in Scotland for which the business is liable to pay rates;

  whether the property is eligible for one of the existing rates relief schemes, and

  the level of other public sector assistance received by the business.

Roads

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the publication of the new study of potential improvements in the new year, when it now expects construction to begin on improvements at the Haudagain roundabout in Aberdeen.

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council on the timescale for work to begin on improvements at the Haudagain roundabout in Aberdeen.

Stewart Stevenson: No decision on which is the most appropriate intervention at the Haudagain Roundabout will be reached until the STAG process is complete. Consequently, no discussions about how to proceed beyond this have been held.

Roads

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when the new study into options for improvements at the Haudagain roundabout in Aberdeen will be completed.

Stewart Stevenson: The timescales for the conclusion of the Haudagain STAG assessment are currently under review following the implications for the third Don crossing in light of the finalised Aberdeen local plan inquiry outcomes.

Roads

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether, following the publication of the new study of potential improvements in the new year, a flyover will be one of the options for consultation on potential improvements at the Haudagain roundabout in Aberdeen.

Stewart Stevenson: The Haudagain STAG Steering Group is expected to meet early in the New Year when they will take a view on whether other options may have to be considered once the implications of there not being a Third Don Crossing are better understood.

  Beyond this the STAG assessment requires to be concluded before any final decision on whether to progress a design different from the current proposal which was inherited from the previous administration.

Roads

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether dualling the A9 will be its number one road priority in 2008.

Stewart Stevenson: In answering the many parliamentary questions about upgrading the A9 in this parliamentary session we have made it clear that we are committed to investing progressively in the A9 on a continuing and long-term basis. During 2008-09 work is scheduled to start on the following schemes: Crubenmore (dualling); Bankfoot (junction improvements), and Loch Moy (WS2+1 overtaking lane). We plan to continue delivering further improvements during subsequent years of the current programme to 2012 with future investment for the next investment period, from 2012 to 2022, emerging from the Strategic Transport Projects Review which is due to report to ministers this summer (2008). The government is committed to plan for dualling the A9.

Scottish Government

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to celebrate Christmas.

John Swinney: The Scottish Government had no corporate plans to celebrate Christmas. However, Christmas Day was a public holiday and Boxing Day a privilege holiday. In addition, and in keeping with previous years, the following arrangements were in place:

  Christmas trees in the main buildings

  An official Scottish Government Christmas Card

  Canteens in the main government buildings offered a Christmas lunch menu

  Staff received a four-hour flexi credit.

Scottish Investment Fund

James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements it will put in place to administer the new Scottish Investment Fund.

James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how regional priorities will be assessed in funding social enterprises from the new Scottish Investment Fund.

Jim Mather: We are currently developing the objectives of the new Scottish Investment Fund in consultation with the third sector. This process will be informed by the independent evaluation of Futurebuilders Scotland. We intend to publish details of the new fund in March 2008.

Trading Standards

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take against premises that have been alleged, on the basis of test purchasing, to have sold restricted goods.

Shona Robison: The enforcement authorities - Trading Standards Officers and police - are responsible for reporting to the Procurator Fiscal alleged breaches of the law relating to the sale of age-restricted goods. The Procurator Fiscal then decides what action to take. Where an accused is convicted of such offences the court will decide the appropriate sentence. Licensing Boards are advised by the police of any alcohol test purchase failures and may decide to suspend the accused’s licence in such cases.

Trading Standards

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it plans to give to local authorities to enable trading standards officers to undertake tobacco and alcohol test purchasing.

Shona Robison: Trading standards officers currently do not undertake alcohol test purchasing which is the responsibility of the police. The Scottish Government will be providing local government in Scotland with record levels of funding over the period covered by the spending review 2008-11. The vast majority of the funding, including the funding for trading standards services to enforce tobacco and other age restricted laws will be provided by means of a block grant.

  It is the responsibility of each local authority to allocate the total financial resources available to it on the basis of local needs and priorities having first fulfilled its statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national and local priorities including the Scottish Government’s key strategic objectives and manifesto commitments. However, within the broader framework of the new partnership with local government, we are also in discussion with COSLA and the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland about what more the Scottish Government might do to enable trading standards officers to enforce tobacco sales law more effectively including through test purchasing programmes.

Trading Standards

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to ensure that under-18-year-olds cannot buy cigarettes from vending machines in hotels and other premises.

Shona Robison: Sales of cigarettes, including from vending machines, are governed by the provisions of the Children and Young Person (Scotland) Act 1937. Trading standards officers routinely enforce the law in relation to vending machines in the same way as they do at other points of sale, including through test purchasing exercises and will take necessary action if they find illegal sales are being made. The law currently makes provision for a court order to be made stipulating precautions to be taken by the owner or operator to prevent vending machines being used by under 18s or, if necessary, for the machine to be removed altogether where the court is satisfied any person under 18 has used it. In developing proposals for the proposed five-year Smoking Prevention Action Plan which we will be publishing in the spring course, we will also be looking at what further steps might be taken to ensure more rigorous enforcement of tobacco sales law.

Trading Standards

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it has provided on the introduction of test purchasing of alcohol in each police force area.

Shona Robison: The Society for Chief Officers for Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPOS) in association with the Crown Office Prosecution Fiscal Service (COPFS) have worked together to produce an operational protocol drawing on the experiences of the Scottish test purchasing pilots. A Practical Guide To Test Purchasing in Scotland was published on the Scottish Government website on 25 October 2007. Publication of the guidance will enable Scottish Police Forces and Prosecution Services to prepare for the national roll out of alcohol test purchasing from the 3 December 2007. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/10/16091941 .

Trading Standards

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make relevant resources and powers available to trading standards officers to ensure that test purchasing of alcohol is effectively pursued across Scotland.

Shona Robison: Trading standards currently have no statutory responsibility for enforcing the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005. As the sole enforcement authority, it is the responsibility of Scottish Police Forces to ensure that alcohol test purchasing is pursued effectively across Scotland.

Trading Standards

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what role new licensed trade officers will have in test purchasing of alcohol.

Shona Robison: Licensing Standards Officers (LSOs) are responsible for ensuring compliance with licensing conditions and offering support to licensees and members of the public. They are not responsible for enforcing the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 legislation and thus will have no role in relation to test purchasing. However, we would expect LSOs to work closely with the police and to bring to their attention any concerns they might have if an offence is being committed.

Water Charges

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has given consideration to the freezing of water charges along with council tax for 2008-09.

Stewart Stevenson: Water charge levels are set by an independent process of economic regulation led by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.

Water Charges

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the forecast increase in water charges is for 2008-09.

Stewart Stevenson: Maximum charge increases for 2006-10 were set by the Water Industry Commission in its final determination of charges for that period. The information sought is available on page 371.  http://www.watercommissioner.co.uk/SRC_2006-2010/ .